Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Pristina (Kosovo), Crimean Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever Awareness (June 24)
Disease Outbreak
Europe > Kosovo > Pristina
6/24/2013
U.S. Embassy Pristina advises U.S. citizens that Kosovo is experiencing a cyclical outbreak of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), which is endemic to this area. National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (NIPH) has recently reported 5 fatal cases of CCHF in the Malisheva/Malishevo, Rahovec/Orahovac and Gjakova/Gjakovica municipalities. Those most at risk are individuals with contact to livestock in endemic regions.
Read more: https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=14190
source: ProMed
.
Hemorrhagic Fever Awareness (June 24)
Disease Outbreak
Europe > Kosovo > Pristina
6/24/2013
U.S. Embassy Pristina advises U.S. citizens that Kosovo is experiencing a cyclical outbreak of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), which is endemic to this area. National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (NIPH) has recently reported 5 fatal cases of CCHF in the Malisheva/Malishevo, Rahovec/Orahovac and Gjakova/Gjakovica municipalities. Those most at risk are individuals with contact to livestock in endemic regions.
Read more: https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=14190
source: ProMed
.